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Words related to bowsprit

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  • knighthead

    either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.

  • bobstay

    a strong stay between a bowsprit and the stem of a vessel for holding down the bowsprit

  • cap jib

    a jib set on a stay to a bowsprit cap.

  • crance iron

    a metal ring or cap to which bobstays and shrouds are secured, at the forward end of a bowsprit.

  • footrope

    the portion of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewn.

  • headstay

    (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
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